PLYMOUTH NORTH TENNIS: Eagles drop first match of the season

Wednesday

Apr 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM

PLYMOUTH – The Plymouth North boys tennis team suffered a rare setback Wednesday afternoon, failing to take down Nauset when the Eagles had the chance and paying for it when the Warriors came back to take a 3-2 victory.

PLYMOUTH – The Plymouth North boys tennis team suffered a rare setback Wednesday afternoon, failing to take down Nauset when the Eagles had the chance and paying for it when the Warriors came back to take a 3-2 victory.

Plymouth North was ahead at one point in each of the three singles matches, but Nauset fought back and ended up winning all three of the matches. Matt Doherty (first singles) and Dan Tocco (second singles) lost in two sets. Freshman Nathan Schneider took the first set at third singles, 6-3, but his Nauset opponent came back to win the next two sets 6-1 and 7-5.

The doubles teams of Sean Kolb/Connor Nolan and Luke Vigna/Matthew Withington were both victorious in two sets for Plymouth North.

The Blue Eagles (6-1 overall, 3-1 in the ACL) start this week at the top of the Atlantic Coast League charts. Nauset (3-1, 4-3) is right on their heels, as are Sandwich (3-1, 3-3) and Marshfield (3-1, 3-3). Plymouth South is in fifth place (2-2, 3-2), followed by Falmouth (1-3, 2-5) and then Dennis-Yarmouth (0-4, 0-7)

Plymouth North will try to get back to its winning ways Wednesday at Marshfield High in an 11 a.m. matchup.

Eagle girls tennis

The Plymouth North girls tennis team dropped matches to Nauset and then Whitman-Hanson last week as the Lady Eagles fell to 1-4 on the season.

They ran into a very tough Nauset squad Wednesday. The Warriors grabbed 6-0, 6-0 wins at all three singles and first doubles. At second doubles, Plymouth North’s team of Audrey Chapman and Alexis Perry lost by the score of 6-2, 6-0.

Back in action the next day, Plymouth North put together a better effort in a 4-1 non-league loss to Whitman-Hanson.

All three singles matches were won by W-H in straight sets as was the second doubles match.

Plymouth North took its lone win of the day at first doubles. Caitlin and Erin McCosh bested the team of Kaitlyn Smith and Julia Bailey, 6-3 and 6-0.

The Lady Eagles host Marshfield High at 11 a.m Wednesday.

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